American Farm Bureau Federation.

Don Lipton is named director of public relations, and Mace Thornton is named deputy director of public relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. In addition, Rich Keller is hired as director of news services. Since 2003, Lipton has served as deputy director of public relations and director of issues management for AFBF. Thornton has served as the AFBF public relations team's director of news and media services since 1994. Keller recently joined the AFBF public relations team as director of news services. His professional experience includes working with the agricultural divisions of major international companies including Bayer CropScience, DuPont Company, FMC Corporation and Pfizer Animal Health.